Fast times and time changes feature prominently in today’s RaceBrief of mid-Atlantic racing news and notes.
The first Claimbox report of 2014 sees some shuffling in the Midlantic Claiming 7.
Overlooked in the betting, Broad Rule rallied late to defend his title in the Fire Plug S. at Laurel Park.
Leading apprentice Victor Carrasco earned the first stakes win of his career when Firenze Feeling rolled past the leaders to win the Nellie Morse at Laurel Park.
Favored Gracer fought off a speed challenge and still had plenty in reserve to win the Marshua Stakes at Laurel Park.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her longshots and exotic plays with The Racing Biz.
Our weekly On Tap feature highlights the weekend’s best races and other events from around the mid-Atlantic!
Sheldon Russell, one of the top riders in the Maryland jockey colony, will be aiming at a big Saturday when he rides in three of Laurel Park’s four stakes.
John Locke topped the final Midlantic Claiming 7 list of 2013, in our Claimbox report.
For the first time in three weeks, all of the region’s operating tracks actually ran this weekend, in our HandleTrak report.